Sunak accuses Starmer of weakness over his response to Rayner tax allegations
Major overhaul to sick pay and benefit payments
Two boys sentenced for killing more than 20 animals at environmental college
Most UK dairy farms ignoring pollution rules as manure spews into rivers
Overnight visitors to the Kent coast could face tourist tax
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Trump trial live updates: Full jury now seated in hush money case as he awaits hearing on potential testimony
Twelve jurors and six alternates have been chosen to hear the historic criminal trial against Donald Trump
34-min read - NewsFrance 24
Caught between Israel and Iran, Jordan clings desperately to stability
After Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack on Israel on April 13, Jordan finds itself caught between the two enemies. Friday morning's suspected Israeli strikes in central Iran have intensified fear that the country could be dragged into an escalation against its will. Having been historically neutral in the two countries’ decades-old struggle, the Hashemite kingdom is now seeing its delicate balancing act threatened. It’s a balancing act years in the making. Jordan, long obsessed with
1-min read - NewsThe Independent
Man sets himself on fire outside Trump trial in New York
Just minutes before jury selection finished, a man set himself on fire outside the court
1-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
‘Endless tech’ at schools has been a failure, says Sophie Winkleman
Schools have “gone crazy” filling classrooms with screens and results will go down as a result, the actress Sophie Winkleman has warned.
6-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Britain could pledge new air-defence package for Ukraine in weeks
Britain is preparing a new air-defence package for Ukraine to be delivered within weeks after Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for more protection from the West.
3-min read - NewsThe Guardian
Diplomacy and drones: how Israel’s attack on Iran unfolded
Country’s leaders took it time to weigh its response to Iran’s strike under gaze of allies urging restraint
5-min read - OpinionThe Telegraph
The last time I smacked my child was a moment of pathetic poignancy and pitiful guilt
That definitively onomatopoeic word has been bounding about this week: smacking. The very sound of the word delivering pain. I hear the word smack and feel the need to duck. This time it’s doctors – the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health – issuing a report to say that smacking can be damaging to children’s behaviour, health and wellbeing.
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